| Show + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + I GROWTH OF SALt LAJKE9S cHuRCHES I 1 t + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4 + 4 Not only has the year just past been a prosperous one In a material way for the churches of Salt Lake Jut in a spiritual way as well DurIng lS99 according ac-cordIng to reports received wherever any factional difference existed In a congregation It waS quickly settled and in every case the entire membership reunited In organized advancement of a common cause As a result the churches as a whole have enjoyed an era of prosperity heretofore unknown aU of them gainIng In membership and beIng strengthened in a fhianciaJ way Such hlS been the prosperity of the Catholics of St Marys parISl under Rt Rev BIshop Scanlans able guidance guid-ance that their present edifice of worship wor-ship Is inadequate to the wants of the parIsh and during the summer it was decided to erect a handsome new cathedral ca-thedral The bUilding will be of stone and wlll cost unfurnished not less than 100000 Work on the foundatlon has already been commenced and the work will be pushed as rapidly as possible When completed the cathedral wlll add another to Salt Lakes handsome edifices edi-fices Asm evIdence of the prosperIty manifest In church cIrcles during the year is the fact that nearly the entIre amount needed to build the new cathedral ca-thedral has already been raised five individual members of the parish donating do-nating 10000 each while many others subscrIbed sums ranging from 100 to 500 The Westminster Presbterlan congregation con-gregation Is also planning to build anew new church so that there Is every prospect of Salt Lake having two new houses of worship before the end of the present year 1 Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints Probably the most noticeable advancement ancement made in church work durIng the year Is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterda Saints The year has been especially prosperous for the branch of the church known as the Salt Lake stake This stake embraces not only the whole of thiS city but the Test ot Salt Lake count as well It is subdivided Into fifty wards twenty SCo of whle are within the limits of calt Lake City In the city nine blocks usually constitute n ward al I though n number located in the suburbs I sub-urbs are Jargcr In addition to the Sixteenth ward died durIng the year and George R Emory was appointed to Succeed him The Sunday school educational and social features of the work have made progress pace with the rest There are now sixtysix Sunday schools in the stake with an aggregate membership member-ship of 15056 The membership of the Young Mens Mutual Improvement assocIation now has fiftseven branches In the stake with a total membership of about 3600 while the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Im-provement association is even stronger Both are out of debt and progressed during the year to such extent as to place balances In the treasury of each From n fipancial standpoint the year I haft been a very good one The good results of the last tithing mission of the high church officials are very apparent I ap-parent Since the mission the income of the church in this stake from tith I Ing sources has been more than tripled Catholic The Cath llc diocese of Salt Lake embracing all of Utah and Nevada under un-der the direction of Rt Rev Bishop Scanlan has made marked advances during the year 1599 and now numbers a membership of about 3000 This 1s I an increase of about 400 over the preceding pre-ceding year Of this number 100 were I converts to the faith while the others were members of the church who removed re-moved frOm some other diocese to this Much of the progress especially In the way of new converts has been due to the efforts of Rt Rev Bishop Scan lan assisted by VIcar General Father Kiely and Father Kiely jr and the plembers of St Marys and St Pat ricks parIshes Durlpg the year lS99 many new and subStmtial improvements In church property and dependencies were made and others begun Another floor was added to the academy building at All Hallows college at a cost of 5000 A fifteenacre site was purchased for the Kearns St Anns orphanage In the southern part of the city and the erection erec-tion of anew building for the little ones begun It wlll be completed withIn with-In a lea months a an estimated coat of OCGO for land and building The entire amount for the project was donate do-nate l br Mr and Mrs Thomas Kearns or Salt Lake after whomthe orphanage has been named I + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + = + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t t + + + + + + + > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t e + + + + + + + + + + I + + + + + 1 + + + + + + + + t Wit + t W-it = J kf fte + = < + + + + + FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + various official l bodies who Jook after the general welfare of the different brapchC3 oC the stake interests and who are undejthe direction of Stake President AmgtE Cannon each ward 1s provided nTn a meetIng house nere the members of the ward each Sunday hold Sunday school in the morning and attend preaching In the wening In the county wards these two services usually constitute the Sabbath devotion In this city an additional service is held at Tabernacle This building the only one of Its kind In the world having a seating capacity for15CCO persons and not a single column col-umn to support the roof is situated In Temple square jUEt west of the Tem pIe These afternoon services are usu 4 ally presided over by the very highest dignitaries of the church and the members mem-bers come from all over the city and from quite a number of the country wards to lIsten to > the dIscourses there beIng always from 8000 to 15000 persons per-sons in attendance At the present time the membership of the church In the Salt Lake stake aggregates 40000 Thi Is a net gain of several hundred over the membership member-ship of lS98 and a gross gain of much more as a good many members died The greatest increaseS In membership were made in the Sandy and South Cottonwood wards nearly all being new accessions to the church Two new wards were organized during dur-ing 1899 one at Bingham and the other the TwentyfourtJz ward of this city The latter ward ofcwhlch Edward Ash ton is bishop comprises all trP terri tory between South Temple and Third South streets and the Jordan river and Sixth West street The old Mountain Dell Ward was discontinued the members mem-bers being admitted to the new Bingham Bing-ham ward During the year 225 elders were ordained and new meeting houses were erected In the East Jordan River ton Twcntfourth Crescent and Cannon Can-non wards at an aggregate cost oC about 3000 One bishop Frederick Kessler of the Work was also started on the new I St Idzis cathedral but such difficulties diffi-culties ere encountered in excavating as to make progress very slow It Is expect d the buildIng will be in shape I to be covered in by the clooe of the present year and will be completely finished byJhe middle of 1901 When I completed the building alone wIll cost 100000 while it will take a large addi I tlonal sum to furnish the InterIor When finished the present cathedral will be used as 11 bali for society and other auxiliary church organization meetings Hebrew For several years past the Jewish residents of Salt Lake have been at a great disadvantage in being without a regular rabbI As a result the Bnal Israel congregation dragged along maintaining life only through the efforts ef-forts of a few faithful ones who implicitly im-plicitly believed better das would come in a religious sense They vere not disappointed Some months ago another effort toward splritul progression progres-sion was made Rabbi Gusta H Loew enstein was permanently engaged to minlser to the congregation Since that time great things have been accomplished ac-complished under his able leadership The members have been brought to work together as a compact bOdy for the good of the church A steady advancement ad-vancement has resulted the membership member-ship being Increased to eightyfive again a-gain of about twentfive while an Increased spiritual interest is also manifest The synagogue has been improved Im-proved and a Sabbath school organized which now has an average attendance of fifty The finances have been greatly great-ly strengthened the members being quite liberaL ln their subscriptions All of this has been accomplished within a few months and the congregation asa as-a whole believe that the year 1900 will bring much more prolific results to their church Episcopal Diocese The work of the Episcopal church In l + + + + + + ± f + + 4f + + + + + + + + + F + + + + + + + + + + ± 4 + w + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + < t i L i > r r Z I ij t 1 t r 27 i Li 1 17t F1ii9Jffiri + + v + + + r + + + + + + + 4 4 + NEW CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL + + + + + + 4 + + + + + + + + 4 + + 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4 Utah under the direction of Bishop Able Leonard has made decided advances I ad-vances during the past year In Salt Lake St Pauls chapel has become a selfsupporting congregation Its numbers num-bers also have been Increased through the able efforts of the pastor the Rev Ellis Bishop until at the present time there are 208 communicants with a much larger general congregation St Peters chapel In the northwest part of the city has taken on new life There are twentYfie communicants I while the attendance at all services taxes the present building to its full capacity Revs Bishop and Scott have charge of the work at both St Pauls and St Peters St Marks cathedral has been under the lJastorate of the Rev J B Halsey during the past four rears DurIng lS99 he has had the work morefully in hand than during any previous year and has made such progress as to need an assistant to relieve him of some of the work Rowland hall the boarding and day school for girls during the past few months has received a large addition to the house which now has fifty pupils In the day school every seat in the assembly hall is occupied while the academy kindergarten and music departments are taxed to their utmost capacity The present commqnlcant membership member-ship is 295 with a much larger congre atl nAt n-At St Marks hospital hapel there j are sixteen communicants The sane t progress is manifest as In Other districts dis-tricts of Salt Lake dJoc se whIch embraces I em-braces all of Utah that portlon of Colorado Colo-rado WEst of thegrt5d1ide the eastern east-ern half Of Nevada and a part of Uin ta county Wyoming The Rev J H Cox from VirginIa la acting as general gen-eral missionary ministering to the congregation of Logan Plain City and Park City The Rev D W Galway Gal-way of Sprlngvllle is also looking after the church work in Provo Eureka and Mercur and occasionally at Pa son Mr 3 f J Hersey and Miss Lucy Carter are working among the Indians and have met with much success during the I past seven months Recently they completed com-pleted a small infirmary where Indian children who have beer taken ill wili be looked after and cared for It is thought that this work w1ll touch the i semlblU ties of the older Indians Congregational The able efforts or the Rev Clarence T grown during the past year have cr4ased the membership of the First I Congregational church untIl at the present time the congregation is in rkeeJlDg with what that of a large hand oomp church houl be The present membership exceeds 400 a gain of about 20 per cent during the past year while the average attendance at the Sunday school was 290 The regUlar church work and benevolence was carried on in a more extensive way than ever the Increased financial support of the congregation con-gregation justifying such action The music whith is a most pleas lag feature of the services is under the direction oC Mrs Percy B Cox The II I Rev Mr Brown Is also acting as super + 4 4 4 + 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + r4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + r r ALt iL L t I 4 + MIPIII S + HORMON TEdPLB AND TA3EBNACLB + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 1 + 4 + 4 + + + + + + + + + 4 + I Intendent or the CongregatiozUJ mission church In Utab eight in number All are prpspering DurIng the past year he established a ner church at Iam mbth where a chapel and parsonage were built and the Rev Festus Foster installed as vastor Handicapped by the loss of some of the best workers of the Phillips Congregational Congre-gational church prior to his assuming the pastorate the Rev George Llndsa has accomplished much during the past year Ne1 life has been Infused Into the old members and man new membars added while the Sunday school has grown so much that the pastor is hopeful of even better results In 1900 The confidence displayed by the little band of zealous workers in the plymouth ply-mouth church In calling the Rev J Newton BrQwn to assume the pastorate was not misplaced Good results were accomplished during the year such as to cause the workers to hope for much during the twelve months to come Christian Science The necessity ofthe new large church erected by the congregation of the Church of ChrIst Scientists waS ampU fled during the past year The interest in Christian Science has grown wonderfully wonder-fully among the people or Salt Lake At the present time the church numbers num-bers over 300 members a gala at sixty during the year whIle it is estimated about 600 persons assemble every Sunday Sun-day to hear Reader LewIs B Coates In addItion a Sabbath school has been organized for children under 14 Years of age There are now thirteen classes with a total membership of 130 The church is out of debt and during the coming year will put hi a handsome new pipe organ to cost not less than 1000 Another body or Chri r p some twenty 11 J n LawIT o JU readings be j I v Schenck and MIss A ireet I Seventh Day Adventists Under the dIrection of the Rev J M Wllloughb the Adventists are making l progress Improvement was made along all lines of the work during the past year and the members are very hopeful or what the future will bring forth Central Christian The Rev W H Baby pastor of the Central Christian church has not neglected his opportunities during the past year As a r sult the congregation congrega-tion now numbers about 175 a gain of sIxtone during the year The Sunday Sun-day school too is In a flourIshing condition con-dition with an average lttendance of 125 while the Y P S C E society membership has reached thirtyfive During the past year a new furnace has been put in tle church and 300 prfid on the principal of the parsonage debt In addition to the Interest The church is now free from local indebtedness indebted-ness and it Is expected aU Indebtedness will tie wiped out during the coming year Presbyterian Such has been the progress made by by the First Presbyterian church during dur-Ing the past year that the appointment Qf an assistant to help the pastor the Rev W St Paden D D was necessitated neces-sitated lIe Is the Rev H W Bloch a graduate of Princelon who assumed his dutIes some tIme ago The church membership now aggregates 450 a net Increase oC fifty luring the last year while the Sunday school has an enroll mel1t ci 450 wIth an average attendance attend-ance of about ZOO The members or the intermediate branch of the Y P S C E have been promoted to the adult branch bringing the membership of the latter up to eIghty During the year a 10000 church debt was liquidated and the varicU3 benevolent benevo-lent enterprises of the church Uberlll supported including the Southwest MIssion Sunday shool hich has an average attendance of fifty The Westminster congregation has been rapidly forging ahead under the direction of the pastor the Rev George Bailey There are at the present time 160 communicants while the attendance attend-ance at the Sunday school averages 120 This Is exclusive oC he Northwest mission mis-sion supported by the church whloh has an average attendance of sixty The present meeting place of the congregatIon con-gregatIon Is InadCluate and already plans for a new large and handsome edifice are being laid It Ie the intention in-tention Ir the present church property can be sold to erect a new church as soon thereafter as possible AlreadY 1 a sinking fund for the new church has been started and con < Jderable money raIsed toward the project At present the church Is tree front debt Pastor G McClain and the ThIrd Pre > b terian congregation in Lincoln park are doIng theIr work thoroughlY and all department of the work have been strengthened Baptist Much activity has beent manifest at the FIrst Baptist church the Rev H B Stee1man pastor during the past year and the work lias been carried orJ ward with a will Some fifty new members mem-bers have been gained bringing the totalup to 135 at the present time The Sunday school has an enro1hnent 200 with an average attendance nearly as great The two mIssions or the church the Rio Grande and the < Burlington have also taken on nev life the Sunday Sun-day schools especially proving fruitful in results Besides carrying on the usual benevolent work the church paid off a lebt of 500 on the Burlington cbnel Under the guidance of the Rev T L Crandall the membership or the EastSide Side Baptist church has passed the 100 mark while the Sunday school has an enrollment even larger The young people are doing aggressive work and are ably assisting their pastor In advancing ad-vancing theIr cause Methodist A popular pastor and an earnest working force of both men and women wo-men the First M E chunla tr ought about some yer gratify csults during the past twelve months The membership now is about I 450 the Sunday school numbers over 20l and the Epworth league 135 Numerous Num-erous church Improvements have been made and liberal benevolent contributions contribu-tions given The Illfr St E church enters the present pres-ent year strengthened in fJJlery department depart-ment all branches having made great strides during the year 1599 Especially Especial-ly is this true or that part o the year since the Rev Joel A Smith acceI > ted the pastorate The new pastor came here from Evanston Wo and at once took hold of the church work with an earnestness and vigor that was at once refreshing and enervating to the coit gregation The membership aggregates + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 111rrrrr j I + + + f 4 b + + 4 + t t E3 L t I 4 CHURCH OP CBRIST SCIENTISTs + + + + + + + + + + SCIENTIST-s si + 4 + t + + + + + + nearly 300 the Sunday school has an I enrollment of about 250 while the Ep I Worth league haS fully kept apace fIth the other branches and is doing much I effective work At the Second M E church the Rev Joseph WIcks and him band of earnest workers are wInning victories all along the line at their Waterloo church and aTe steadily increasing the membership and the enrollment of the SUnday school They have also met with considerable con-siderable success it the penitentiarY during the past year where they have been assisting In the religious services The Idea of the Rev E G Hunt of the Heath sr E church to Interest the chld mind In Christian work iJ bearIng fruit The Sunday school bas been increased In numbersand In suite a few instances the influence Of the I I child has led the parents to join In the church work Unitarian There Is a great probability that tM Salt Lake branch of the Unitarian socIety so-cIety wIll soon be a thing of the past Every Indication seems to point toward to-ward disgolutl Last September the pastor oC the society the Rev R A Iaynard severed his connection with the local branch and shortly afterward moved away from the city Since that has been without a tlrie the society leader and no meetir9 whatsoever have been held Some ur the members have affiliated with other churches of the cltr but a number still remain faithful to the society aId entertain the hOle that the Unitarian garteral will send them a new board in the east who will straighten out the existing pastor isting difficulties and again place the religious society among the leading bodies of the city However the general gen-eral board has not shown any sign or wIll not action as yet and probablY before their meeting during take any I the latter part of the DreseIrt In2nth |
